Where's A.J.?

Can you find me?

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You, my, brown eyed girl.................

It must be the hormones, but the thought of Delaney as a full fledged two-year-old brings tears to my eyes.

She came in to our lives so peacefully and easily two short years ago. She's been pretty much a breeze ever since, too.

It's just always such a shock to see your "baby" graduate in to childhood.

Delaney is a flippin' hoot. I told my Mom when she was here last that I think Delaney is definitely going to be the comedian of the family. It just blows my mind that a little girl her age already knows how to intentionally get people to laugh. She gets us all going and just eats it up. Dinner time seems to be when she's at her best as she has a captive audience. With her around there is no serious dinner conversation.

She is obsessed with our dog, Sandy (see picture). She treats her like a baby doll even though the dog outweighs her by a good 50+ pounds.

She loves, loves, loves babies. This is a good thing given our current situation.

Delaney's birthday party was on Saturday and I don't think she realized it was all for her until we started to sing Happy Birthday to her. She grinned her way through the song all while trying to grab the entire cake with both hands.

She looked adorable.

Her actual birthday was yesterday and her and Cecelia swam in the kiddie pool and lounged around (again, see picture). I can't imagine a better way to spend one's birthday.

Again, I am such the proud parent to such an amazing little angel.

How did we get so rediculously lucky???

Stolen Post

This is me then:


I saw this on a complete stranger's blog and thought it was cool. And an easy way to post without thinking too much about what to post about today. :)


20 years ago I...
1. was in 6th grade - one of my favorites ever.
2. was totally in to Skateland
3. wore Keds and wrote all over them (it was totally IN)

10 years ago I...
1. was ferociously working towards a bachelor's degree
2. partied ALL THE TIME
3. sort of learned how to be an adult

5 years ago I...
1. Got married
2. Had a baby
3. What else do you want from me??? haha


3 years ago I...
1. was trying to get Bill to put our house on the market
2. was enjoying my 2 year old
3. became pregnant with Delaney


1 year ago I...
1. was living in my new house
2. had my own business
3. enjoyed my "summer of A.J."

So far this year I...
1. am pregnant - again
2. found out my brother is expecting as well!
3. almost went crazy waiting for winter to end.

Yesterday I...
1. had a full house of daycare kids
2. went to the movie store
3. watched Bill play softball

Today I...
1. put pictures in photo albums
2. had lunch with a friend and her kids
3. Spent way too much time thinking about this

Tomorrow I...
1. will have a house full of daycare kids
2. will take CeCe to dance
3. will play outside

In the next year I...
1. Will have my new baby girl
2. Will become an auntie
3. Will survive


Alright, now steal this for your blog too! I want to read the answers :)

32 Weeks

Yep, getting huge.

We Are More Alike Than I EVER Thought

Yep, I'm talking to you. And you. And you.
We are jealous of one another and always think the other person is more efficient at life. Moms who bake wonder who has the time to scrapbook. Moms who stay at home wonder how working Moms ever get the time to do laundry or even plan a meal. We wonder, how is she so put together that she had time to paint a wall, clean her house, organize her garage, plant a garden, sew a hem, hand make a birthday card, get her kids' pictures taken, or just get a haircut??
We make excuses for our homes - and this is a biggie. We ALL do it...."Oh, sorry about the mess", "Sorry I haven't had time to mop in, like, 4 months" Right?
I had a Mom say to me one time "Oh, you mean, you live in your house?" I thought that was so brilliant and I remember that every time I go to visit a family or someone comes to see me. There are dishes in the sink because we eat. There are toys on the floor because kids play with them. The beds aren't made because getting dressed was more important. The chandelier is dusty, there's pen on the wall, there are stacks of things to "be put away", the shoes are in a pile by the front door, and so on and so forth.
There is always one adult in the house that wants it cleaner and another who thinks it's clean enough. We all fight about it too.
I have a deal for you which is: I won't judge you if you don't judge me. If my floor boards are dirty think of a spot in your house that hasn't been touched in a while and feel comforted in knowing none of us are perfect.
I feel better already.

September to May

Here's Cecelia on her first and last day of school. To me, she has changed so much even though the pictures may not reflect it.

I was on the fence about sending her to preschool, but the right place, days and times happened to work out for me. I am so glad that it did!

Cecelia has learned so much this year that it amazes me sometimes. Her teachers have said that Cecelia liked to be a leader vs. a follower. She is concerned about others and is very nurturing. Apparently, she likes to be organized?? They said she liked to have everything "just so" when doing her art projects and school work. She's outgoing but follows the rules and listens well.

I'm so proud of her for being such a smart, funny and charasmatic little girl.

Right now, as I type, she is reading a book to Delaney.

There are just some things that you wish and wait for that happen, but still blow your mind.

I'm a lucky mommy.

Child Labor Laws??

Today's daycare project was to clean the toys that have been on the porch all winter. I brought out two buckets of soapy water and let the kids go to town. The loved it!!

It actually felt hot out today which was perfect for little people wearing wet clothes. Eventually they all ended up stripped down running through the lawn chasing eachother around.

I have loved today and after they all collapsed in to bed I even rearranged the porch.

I can only imagine this is good preparation for when the kids get older and have to do "real" chores!!